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December 2009

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Updated December 9, 2009
Check with venues for performance, dates and times.
Nov. 27 – Dec. 13
ODC/DANCE
The Velveteen Rabbit
Created by ODC Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson Featuring Energetic Dancing by ODC/Dance, Recorded Narration by Geoff Hoyle, Original Costumes and Set Design by Brian Wildsmith, Musical Score by Benjamin Britten. See web site for performance events.
Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Dec. 3, 7:30 PM
Dec. 4, 4:30 and 7:30 PM
Dec. 5, 2:00, 4:30 and 7:30 PM
The Contra Costa Ballet Foundation
Story of the Nutcracker
Guest Artists: David Fonnegra, Ashley Ivory, Charles Anderson, Kristin Lindsay, Marlene Swendsen, Scott Pascal, Katarina Wester
Dec. 3, 7:00pm-9:30 pm: Film Screening to Benefit the Parachute Fund at Rialto Cinema, Berkeley.

LA DANSE: Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary
LA DANSE devotes most of its time to watching impossibly beautiful young men and women - among them Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnes Gillot, and Agnes Letestu - rehearsing the choreography of Mats Ek, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev, and Pina Bausch.

Read all about it! BayDance.com Interview with Frederick Wiseman

Opens on Friday, December 4th at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco, Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley, and Rialto Cinemas Lakeside in Santa Rosa
Dec. 3-5

YOUTH SPEAKS AND YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
LEFT COAST LEANING FESTIVAL

A celebration of West Coast Dance, Theater, & Music with Rennie Harris PureMovement, Amy Seiwert, Lauren Whitehead, ODC/Dance, and others.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, San Francisco
Dec. 4-20
Mark Foehringer Dance Project
The Nutcracker at the Zeum

Choreographed and directed by Mark Foehringer. Featuring Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF’s professional contemporary ballet company, performing with the MFDP|SF2 youth company, and live music performed by Magik*Magik under the direction of Michael Morgan.
Zeum Theater, San Francisco
Dec. 8-27
San Francisco Ballet
NUTCRACKER
Set in early twentieth-century San Francisco, features choreography by Helgi Tomasson, scenic design by Tony Award winner Michael Yeargan, costume design by Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by James F. Ingalls, and projection design by Wendall K. Harrington.
Dec. 12–13, 8:00 PM
Catherine Galasso
Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice
San Francisco Film Society presents a multimedia dance, theater and projected video performance: a critical, virtual journey through the psyche of Roy Sullivan—the real-life American who purportedly holds the world record for being struck by lightning seven times.
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
Dec. 12-13, 8:00 pm

Kate Weare Company
Bridge of Sighs
project agora (Kara Davis)
A Softened Law and one Tuesday afternoon...

ODC Theater, San Francisco
Dec 9-13,
Smuin Ballet
The Christmas Ballet
With new choreography from Amy Seiwert, Robert Sund and others.
Dec. 9- Jan. 31

Keith Hennessy’s
A Queer 20th Anniversary 2009 - 2010
Celebrates the 20th anniversary of Keith Hennessy’s coming out solo performance, Saliva, with a full season of events including performances, publications, a queer performance marathon, and a laboratory...The season highlights grassroots arts spaces and their contributions to aesthetic experimentation and community organizing in San Francisco.

  • CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, SF 94103
  • Restaging at the original site under a freeway off 2nd St.
  • Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, 1519 Mission Street, SF 94103
  • Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th Street, SF 94110 (415) 826-4441
Dec. 10, 5:00PM – 7:30PM
Ballet San Jose
4th Annual Nutcracker Opening Night Celebration
Festive fundraiser includes live entertainment, Donation Drawings, a Silent Auction and a showing of Bollywood gowns by Bay Area Designer SWATI. Following a glamorous cocktail party with supper-by-the bite presentations by some of the Bay Area’s top chefs, guests will enjoy the Opening Night performance of the 30th Anniversary Production of Dennis Nahat’s THE NUTCRACKER.
The Tented Pavilion at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Dec. 10-27
See web site for schedule
Ballet San Jose
The Nutcracker
Choreography by Dennis Nahat
Music by Tchaikovsky, performed live by Symphony Silicon Valley
The theater is replete with lavish lobby decorations, a boutique of ballet and holiday treasures, choirs singing carols, the "Pocket Lady" passing out free toys, and characters from the show posing for photos with the children and their families.
Dec. 11, 6:30pm Dec. 12, 1:30 and 6:30pm
Morgan Hill Dance Center and Morgan Hill Ballet's Nutcracker
A cast of over 100 dancers from Morgan Hill and neighboring cities. Exciting, new choreography, brilliant costumes and a heartwarming cast.
Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 12, 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Dec. 13, 3:00 p.m.
Dec. 17-18, 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 19, 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Dec. 20, 3:00 p.m.
Cal Performances
Mark Morris Dance Group

The Hard Nut
Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut, a delightful twist on the Nutcracker ballet and a Bay Area holiday favorite, is performed by Mark Morris Dance Group with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Cole.
December 12, 18, 19 & 20: 7:00 p.m;
Matinee December 12, 13, 19 & 20: 2:00 p.m.
Bankhead Theater, Livermore
Dec. 12, 2:30 PM
Dec. 7:00 PM (Holiday Gala)
Dec. 13, 11:00 AM 3:00 PM.
Dance Along Nutcracker
24th year! Don a costume and join this San Franciso tradition. This year's costume theme is western wear - cowboy hats and tutus. No tutu? No problem! Rent a tutu and magic wand at the Tutu Rental Booth. Accompanied by the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, San Francisco
Family Matinee, Dec. 13, 3:00 pm
Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company
WINTER WONDERLAND: CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS ACROSS CULTURES
Dec 16-27,
Smuin Ballet
The Christmas Ballet
With new choreography from Amy Seiwert, Robert Sund and others.
Dec. 18-19, 8:00 pm
Christine Cali
Veils and Apparitions

A poetic landscape, where boundaries bend between the folds of the human psyche. An evening of new works by a collective of artists who share an interest in collaboration and the intersection between dance, live music, and visual design. Amy Lewis, Sonsheree Giles/Caroline Penwarden, Agnes Szelag, Janet Das/Raja Das
The Garage, San Francisco
Dec. 20, 5:00 pm
Bayer Ballet
WINTER FAIRY TALE
In the World Famous Russian Ballet Style
Holiday ballet performance for all ages. See a wizard bring to life a touching fairy tale full of magic, beauty, and intrigue. With spectacular costumes, special effects, and technical precision of movement set to the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Dec. 24, 11:00 am
Dec. 26, 2:00 pm & 7:30pm
Dec. 27, 2:00 pm
Oakland Ballet Company
Nutcracker
Carlos Carvajal's Nutcracker accompanied by live music from the Oakland East Bay Symphony

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